Zemljotres i savezništvo: prilog poznavanju jugoslavensko-turskih odnosa početkom 1953. godine
The Earthquake and the Alliance: A Contribution to Knowledge of Yugoslav-Turkish Relations at the Beginning of 1953

Summary/Abstract: This paper is based on primary historical sources as well as historiographical and other professional literature and examines the relations between Yugoslavia and the Republic of Turkey in the context of the formation of the Balkan Pact and the earthquake that occurred in Turkey in 1953. The main idea of the paper is to point out the intervention aid offered by the Yugoslav government to the Republic of Turkey in the context of their mutual relations. The structure of those relations was dominantly marked by the formation of the Balkan Pact in 1953, which included Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. The author analyses the literature on frequent and devastating earthquakes that affected Turkey, then the situation in the areas affected by the earthquake in 1953, and the political assumptions of economic cooperation between Yugoslavia and Turkey, in the context of wider geopolitical events in Southeastern Europe in the middle of the 20th century.

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